New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-25
THE KAISER REVIEWS HIS TROOPS.
ANXIETY FOR THE PRlNCE--THE ORIGINAL
OF FAUST"

ANXIETY FOR THE PRlNCE-THE ORIGINAL
OF FAUST"
unox An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT O TIE r ,s
The beat Of drums and strains Of music have Oeon
the common reveine In Berlin during the pass 70"
weeks, TIL might believe tho mopuzaooh % 'As
army had taken place and tho war farcwciis na1
been said. But It was only the soldiers propaf'ns
for tho spring man1uvres Tho parade DAY " H""s
considered o holiday In Berlin and the nump0r VI
selconsttuted rcntirs" and Idle streos "oniA'
form non-uniformed regiments on mo psvoni.n
IL o surprise to an old resident hAons a. y
Friedrich and Belle Alliance strassen, "noro INC
troous marched 10 the Tomplehoferfeld the pavemcnts
were lined windows filed and even houseroois
crowdel Little urchins Of three or four years,
dressed as miniature Officers, were frequent sgnts o1
tho heads Of bands of boy soldiers Such has become
the military instinct Of tho people that tho cnhdNn
have no other desire amusement ASK German
boy what he intends to be, and the answer inVarao
S. "A soldier like papa"
The ponogcnarian Emperor passed along the streets
IN an open carriage drawn by four horses precoooo
nv outriders and mounted police sixteen tnousahu
Of the best troops OF his army stood before MN anu
seemed TO inspire the old soldier with renewou
yigor @Good morning, grenadiersi" he called whle
driving I'D the 'front.' and with one accord the mghy
mass replled "Gocd morning. Your Majesty! oucn
il tho accustomed greeting. Prince Aipiech' oa0
nephew of the Kaiser, Regent Of Brunswick and the
about whom were his ply sicans. DIS Leutboldt ana
,rimanu who dare seldom leave him. the Grand DuKo
OF ToscanO the Prince OF Japan, Prince OF honeh-
xo,Ierp the Duke OF Wurtemberg and score Oh hgh
uesses. whose names are unimportant as the~
uniforms were gorgeous The handsomest man Oh
tho field, probably, not the handsomest man III
Berlin, was the Persian Ambassador, VINO attrdcteo
the greatest attention. spite of the other celeb
rifles while sitting upon his prancing brown stallion
with its Oriental trappings.
The absence Of the Crown Prince little surprise
to the initiated The reports OF his condition which
have been published in foreign papers and suppressed
i'm Berlin have had an alarming influence none tho
less and the persistence manifested now among all
the Journals in their denial is only further proof oil the
seriousness OF the situation. The disease Is scquei
of the measles which attacked the Prince iast year
DIR. MOreu Mackenzie the distinguished president OF
the Hospital for Diseases Of the Throat and Chest In
London was summoned for consultation. in connec-
ton with Professors Gerhardt Bergman, 1obod ana
Megner, he examined the Prince and discovered for
nation i'm the throat not larger than Pea In order
to understand its exact nature and thereafter treat IL
accordingly, it decided, with the Princes consehV
to remove q piece Of the formation to be given 10
Professor virchow for investigation Consequently
morse was removed by Professor Tobold ana sent 20
tho distinguished surgeon who after microscopic exam
nation declared tho formation to be Of harmless
nature. The patient n otherwise well, taking daily
walks in the park, eating heartily and sleeping weh
So at least the official organs report. However this
may be-not at all impossible with cancer OF the
throat which several physicians have declared the ds
ease to bet is also that His Hghness can hardly
speak above whisper.
Vienna has inherited four interesting objects from
LISTS effects. which became the property OF the
Museum of History of these Is the spinet OF Mo
zart rescmblin: q table about two yards long, with
black keys no PEDAL aud i've octaves which List IT,
eeved in legacy. Another is an Old style secretary
once in possession OF Hadyn. Upon the Id of tho
latter is an excellent aQuarene painted by Mlgand,
representng a concert i'll honor OF Haydn The color
ing and execution of tie paitlng are exquisite the
of the prominent people beng as distinct as
photo graphs, though than hundred appear III
a square loot OF surface Haydn sits covered III the
foreground the remaining company being 6are-heaoe.
Near him stands beautiful Princess EsterhaZy In
the act OF handing the master shawl to protect MIN
nom the draft. The third relic Is the mcuonome
which city of Vienna presented to List In 1896
WHILE COMMUNICATING Mozars birthday, AMI the
fourth the death mask of Beethoven.
A Goethe discovery made public in the annual
meeting OF the Goethe Society in emar, which of
tho greatest Importance TO- students Of the German
poet 1t was the original "faust" The famous
poem which, the of century of attempted IN
depreciation and perfect mountain of literature, mas
remained under doubt as to the true meaning OF the
author viii now have most valuable commentary
The existence of ths outline has been long known,
Profes or Ehrich scSmidt the socletys president few
weeks ago about concluding another fruitlcss
tl,c word Faust" and opening the manuscript hs
found the long wished version beginning
"Habe nun auch die PhilOsophe,
Medzin und Jurlstercl
IND leider. auch Theologie
Durchaus studut init helsser Muh ~
rart Of il is III prose, including the prison scene,
clearly setting forth the poets ideas and plans and
giving new Interpretation 10 many passages. The
excitement and Joy OF the society can well DO imag,
the conclusion of the professors lecture. All
literary Germany is talking aud writing about it TO-
day and Is full of expectation to its entire con
tents which Will appear In the autumn publication
OF the society.
Though the Goethe society has lost two Of its most
year, 1t is prosperous condition and rapidly grow
ing. There are conditions for membership save
submission TO the creed "Belief in Goethe" and the
paw ment of ten mark fee emitting the member to all
the books at half price Published by the society, an
induoNnent which has added astonishingly to the
membership
The social circles OF the "haute finance" have been
excited by scandal in which the rich heir of OF
the wealthiest Berlin families figures prominently.
The young man proved himself bad some time ago byi
stealing 1000 roubles from a friendly Russian. Ho
confessng the theft the family restored the sum and
succeeded in queting the matter by sending their
prodigal to America whence, after few months full
of adventures he was compelled to return to Berlin.
entertained of his moral recovery In order to hasten
his conversion the parents decided to marry him. But
he had little desire to become Benedck Handsome
tho confidence of beautiful girl, the daughter Of
Of the most prominent citizens The first few weeks
the family decided to visit the opera on the way
the ncorrgibIe villain pretended to have forgotten
something In his fatberinlaws house and fastened
opened a bureau where a jewelled chest kept.
Breaking this, he took valuable diamond ornament
which had cost many thousand marfs and disappeared
to present 1t to an abandoned woman. But the cul-
prit taken prisoner, thrown In jail and fined.
The outcome oil this vfllany If, yet uncertain.
though gossip monsers pr0phesy catastrophe In the